legerity (luh-JER-i-tee) adjective Nimbleness; agility.
[From French légèreté, from léger (light), from Vulgar Latin leviarius, from Latin levis (light).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=legerity "I began to follow at the same rate, but immediately slackened speed for fear that Watts-Dunton behind us might be embittered at sight of so much youth and legerity." Henry Maximilian Beerbohm; No. 2 The Pines; 1914. This week's theme: miscellaneous words. Sponsors' Messages: Ever see a fingernail moon? Ponder the Little hands that made the clothes you are wearing? Songs from http://www.bethwoodmusic.com/ Increase your euphrasia with a t-shirt that'll amaze ya! 63 unusual words! Or choose love/romance tanktop! $21. Pix at http://www.spizzquiz.net/tshirts.htm ........................................................................... It's good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure that you haven't lost the things that money can't buy. -George H. Lorimer, editor (1868-1937) Share the magic of words. Send a gift subscription of A.Word.A.Day: http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/legerity.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/legerity.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/legerity.html
